Evaluate ETSI NFV IFA vs. Promise specifications

[promise.git] / requirements / glossary.rst

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 .. glossary::
 
+   Administrator
+      Administrator of the system, e.g. OAM in Telco context.
+
+   Consumer
+      User-side Manager; consumer of the interfaces produced by the VIM; VNFM,
+      NFVO, or Orchestrator in ETSI NFV [NFV003]_ terminology.
+
    NFV
       Network Function Virtualization
 
@@ -14,16 +21,6 @@ mapping/translating the OPNFV terms to terminology used in other contexts.
       and software components which build up the environment in which VNFs are
       deployed.
 
-   VNF
-      Virtualized Network Function. Implementation of an Network Function that
-      can be deployed on a Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure (NFVI).
-
-   VIM
-      Virtualized Infrastructure Manager; functional block that is responsible
-      for controlling and managing the NFVI compute, storage and network
-      resources, usually within one operator's Infrastructure Domain, e.g. NFVI
-      Point of Presence (NFVI-PoP).
-
    NFVO
       Network Functions Virtualization Orchestrator; functional block that
       manages the Network Service (NS) lifecycle and coordinates the management
@@ -31,33 +28,41 @@ mapping/translating the OPNFV terms to terminology used in other contexts.
       (supported by the VIM) to ensure an optimized allocation of the necessary
       resources and connectivity.
 
-   VNFM
-      Virtualized Network Function Manager; functional block that is responsible
-      for the lifecycle management of VNF.
+   Physical resource
+      Actual resources in NFVI; not visible to Consumer.
 
-   Consumer
-      User-side Manager; consumer of the interfaces produced by the VIM; VNFM,
-      NFVO, or Orchestrator in ETSI NFV [7] terminology.
+   Resource zone
+      A set of NFVI hardware and software resources logically grouped
+      according to physical isolation and redundancy capabilities or to
+      certain administrative policies for the NFVI [NFVIFA010]_
 
-   Administrator
-      Administrator of the system, e.g. OAM in Telco context.
+   VIM
+      Virtualized Infrastructure Manager; functional block that is responsible
+      for controlling and managing the NFVI compute, storage and network
+      resources, usually within one operator's Infrastructure Domain, e.g. NFVI
+      Point of Presence (NFVI-PoP).
 
    Virtual Machine (VM)
       Virtualized computation environment that behaves very much like a physical
       computer/server.
 
-   Virtual Storage
-      Virtualized non-volatile storage allocated to a VM.
-
    Virtual network
       Virtual network routes information among the network interfaces of VM
       instances and physical network interfaces, providing the necessary
       connectivity.
 
-   Physical resource
-      Actual resources in NFVI; not visible to Consumer.
-
    Virtual resource
       A Virtual Machine (VM), a virtual network, or virtualized storage; Offered
       resources to "Consumer" as result of infrastructure virtualization; visible
       to Consumer.
+
+   Virtual Storage
+      Virtualized non-volatile storage allocated to a VM.
+
+   VNF
+      Virtualized Network Function. Implementation of an Network Function that
+      can be deployed on a Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure (NFVI).
+
+   VNFM
+      Virtualized Network Function Manager; functional block that is responsible
+      for the lifecycle management of VNF.